With the development of science and technology, new inventions, especially new electronic products, have made people’s lives easy and convenient. But as the saying puts: A coin has two sides.
One day, I was walking in the park with a friend and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and…I became invisible, absent from the conversation.
The telephone used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent. Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction. With email and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.
As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation(疏远) index goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person any more. Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.
Pumping petrol at the station? Why say good morning to the attendant when you can swipe(刷)your credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact?
Making a deposit at the bank? Why talk to a teller who might live in the neighborhood when you can just insert your card into ATM?
Pretty soon you won’t have the burden of making eye contact at the grocery shop. Some supermarket chains are using a self-scanner so you can check yourself out, avoiding those check-out people who look at you and ask how you are doing.
I am not against modern technology. I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voice mail system, and an email account. Giving them up isn't wise…they're a great help to us. It's some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.
More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation. Or being relieved that voice mail picked up a call because I didn't really have time to talk. The communications industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier.
So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging, with people who live near me,no cell phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I'm at home.
1. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A. The Advance(进步) of Communications Technology
B. The Consequences(结果) of Modern Technology
C. The Process of Communications Revolution
D. The Automation(自动化) of Modern Communications
2. Paragraphs 5 to 7 are listed as examples, which show that the use of modern communications is ___________.
A. encouraging B. disappointing
C. satisfying D. embarrassing
3. The passage implies(暗示) that _______________.
A. modern technology is bridging the people
B. modern technology is separating the people
C. modern technology is developing too rapidly
D. modern technology is interrupting our lives
4. What does the writer think to do with the modern technology?
A. We may use them no matter what others are doing.
B. We can throw them away and return to the ancient.
C. We can be far away from them forever.
D. We can use them less and communicate with the people around us.
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每句中最多有一处错误。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(/\),并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:每句错误及其修改均仅限一词。
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2.One evening when it was so warm, I stayed awake on purpose until half past eleven in order have a good look at the moon by myself.
3. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I had dreamed about taking a great bike trip.
4.She gave me a determining look--- the kind that said she would not change her mind.
5. It was felt in Beijing, which is more than two hundreds kilometers away.
6.Workers built shelters for survivors who homes had been destroyed.
7.Native English speakers can understand each other if they don’t speak the same kind of English.
8.English now is also speaking as a foreign or second language in South Asia.
9.The school which I studied for only two years was three kilometers away.
10. But I was happy to help because it would help us achieve our dream of make black and white people equal.
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Susan didn’t ________ the school rules last night. Therefore, she got severely punished this morning.
A. observeB. confirmC. breakD. deliver
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根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中,选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How to get siblings to get along
One of the greatest gifts of parenthood is seeing your children form a relationship with each other that is independent of you. By giving them someone else to play with, you can free up some time for yourself. Here are four techniques you can use to help your children appreciate each other while they are young.
1. 1. The No. 1 thing parents can do to help their kids stay on good terms with each other is not to compare them with each other. Never say “Your sister never...” or “Why can’t you do what your brother does?” 2.
2. Stay out of the way. Try not to get too involved in your kinds’ arguments. Learning cooperation and problem-solving is an important skill in life. 3. And don’t blame the older one for not “knowing better”. That puts pressure on the older child and leads to unhappiness.
3. Activities and opportunities. Have your kids go to their siblings’ games and activities. 4. “My kids go to each other’s activities, and take part in activities together,” says Patricia Walters-Fischer, mother of two. Not only do her children go, but they also offer support, encouraging each other before a big game or performance and offering comfort when things don’t go well.
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A. Never shout at them.
B. Don’t compare.
C. It doesn’t need to be anything extremely great.
D. Get them involved in one another’s lives, so they can have a better appreciation of who their sibling is.
E. That only serves to fuel the competition.
F. They may need help solving a conflict, but try not to take sides.
G. Give them a project, and they will learn how to work together.
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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Many animals have disappeared during the long history of the earth. Finless Porpoise (江豚) is one of these endangered 1._________ that are dying out. As a student, I am asking you to pay attention 2.________ the situation of Finless Porpoises. Finless porpoises in the Yangtze River are in danger of becoming extinct because they are seriously 3._________ (affect) by human activities. To our disappointment, only about 1,000 are still living at present. We sincerely hope that WWF can play a role in 4.________ (protect) this endangered species. Firstly, we find 5._______ important to get sponsorship(赞助). If the government pays the farmers, they will allow tourists hunt only 6._______ certain number of animals. But more importantly, we need information from experts in WWF to help us better understand the animal. In that case, we can take 7.________ (good) care of them than before. And prizes will be given to the organizations 8._______ can protect them well. What’s more, more workers should 9._______ (employ) to help us. 10._______the task is challenging, we are confident that we will succeed sooner or later.
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单词拼写
1.I caught sight of a _______(熟悉的) face in the crowd.
2.The global warming will ______ (影响)all the people in the world.
3._______(无论如何), I must finish my homework before going to bed.
4.I picked up a few good _______(便宜货)in the sale.
5.Kate is not an ____(运动员)and has never competed in any sports at all..
6.Because of human activities, many animals are d_____ out.
7.Real friendship is more v_______ than money.
8.D______ to his research work, he has little time with his family.
9.Many people were t______ under the ruins when the landslide(山体滑坡) happened in Shenzhen.
10.If we smile at life, life will smile at us in r________.
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你是李华,在互联网上了解到美国高中生Tony想结识一位中国朋友,请你用英文给他发一封电子邮件,希望和他成为笔友。内容包括:
1. 表示希望和对方交朋友。
2. 简单介绍自己,如爱好、特长。
3. 希望多了解美国文化。
4. 希望能尽快收到他的回信。
注意:1.电子邮件格式已经给出,但不计入总词数。 2.词数:100左右。
3. 信中不得出现你的真实姓名及学校等信息。
Dear Tony,
Yours, Li Hua
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To develop one’s taste in English,the most effective way is to read English books extensively. However, one may be at a loss to choose the appropriate books,especially as a beginner.I would like to share some of my experience.
My first English novel was Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice,recommended by many English teachers and professors as an ideal book for English learners. But I had great difficulty in understanding the novel,let alone enjoying it. It’s not the vocabulary that troubled me,but rather the way Austen constructs sentences,and her way of thinking,which seemed too remote to me at that time. My fading enthusiasm was much recovered after reading Hemingway’s novel Farewell to Arms. I particularly liked his brief and lively style. So my first suggestion is,as a beginner, you’d better choose contemporary novels instead of classical ones.
However,reading novels is not the only way to improve your English. English essays can at once inform you,entertain you, and improve your taste in English. The best example is Bertrand Russell’s work. Its language is plain, yet you cannot help feeling the elegance and the unique sense of humor. His simple language enables his philosophy(哲理) within the reach of ordinary people. Here comes my second suggestion—essays are indispensable.
Never follow other’s opinions blindly,however famous or influential the person might be. As a saying goes,one man’s meat is another man’s poison. With that in mind,we are sure to find out our favorite writers through reading and develop our fine taste in English.
1.What made the author’s first English novel hard to understand?
A. Complex conversations.
B. Not knowing the social background.
C. The old-fashioned vocabulary.
D. Sentences and Austen’s thinking pattern.
2.Which can best replace the underlined word“ indispensable”?
A. necessary B. challenging
C. related D. inspired
3.What advice does the author give in the last paragraph?
A. Choose books that challenging us most.
B. Read books that are instructive.
C. Don’t be affected by other’s choices.
D. Compare books before buying.
4.What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
A. Give comments on literature works.
B. Tell beginners how to choose English books.
C. Encourage people to read more English books.
D. Recommend first-class books to English learners.
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短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同学写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号 (∧), 并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除: 把多余的词用斜线 ( \ ) 划掉。
修改: 在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Dear Diary,
Here I am in the middle of a city, 350 miles far away from our farmhouse. Do you want to know why we move last week? Dad lost his job, and as Mom explained, “He is lucky to find other one.” His new job meant I had to say goodbye to my classmate, my school and just everything else I love in the world. To make things bad, now I have to share a room to my younger sister, Maggie. Tomorrow is first day of school. I am very tiring, but I know I’ll never fall asleep.
Good night or remember, you, dear diary, is my only souvenir of my past life and my only friend.
Yours
Rosemary
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